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The Barricade. Unnerved by the superiority of John Cook, the new president of the Securities Company, Wall Street business leader Amos Merrill begins to speculate with the trust funds in his control, ultimately losing all the funds.
- Edwin Carewe
- 1917-03-05
- Drama
- 50
The Barricade is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Mabel Taliaferro, Frank Currier and Clifford Bruce.
Overview. Debutante Hope Merrill (Mabel Taliaferro) returns home one day to find her financier father Amos Merrill (Frank Currier) on the verge of committing suicide.
Threatened by the preeminence of young Westerner John Cook, the new president of the Securities Company, Wall Street business leader Amos Merrill begins to speculate with the trust funds in his control, ultimately losing all the funds.
The Barricade plot. Hope Merrill returns home one day. There she meets her father, Amos Merrill, who is about to commit suicide. Rather than reveal the truth, that he has embezzled money from his own company, Amos claims he has been ruined by young John Cook, Hope's lover.
Debutante Hope Merrill (Mabel Taliaferro) returns home one day to find her financier father Amos Merrill (Frank Currier) on the verge of committing suicide. Rather than reveal the truth -- that he has misappropriated funds from his own company -- Merrill claims that he has been ruined by young John Cook (Clifford Bruce), Hope's sweetheart.
1917. 50m. Drama. Cast. Mabel Taliaferro (Hope Merrill) Frank Currier (Amos Merrill) Clifford Bruce (John Cook) Robert Rendel (Gerald Hastings) Emile Collins (Butler) Lorna Volare (Flower Girl)...
